User:Sarahdaly44/Blanche on the Lam
| Author | Barbara Neely |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Publication date | 1992 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 180 pp (first edition, hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0-312-06908-1 |
| Followed by | Blanche among the Talented Tenth |
Blanche on the Lam is a mystery novel by author Barbara Neely.[1] The book won the Agatha Award and the Anthony Award for Best First Novel, and the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery.[2] The series continues with Blanche among the Talented Tenth (1994), Blanche Cleans Up (1998), and Blanche Passes Go (2000).[3]
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Major Characters[edit]
Blanche White: She is the central character on Blanche on the Lam. She is a black woman, who is a housekeeper and cook, on the run from a jail term for a minor offense. She hides out as a domestic worker for a dysfunctional white family. According to Mildred Mickle, Blanche is "a domestic heroine, a very human, compassionate, and honest yet tricky figure."
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Critical reception[edit]
According to Elsie Washington in a review for Essence, the novel is considered "the first mystery by a black woman with a Black woman as the heroine".[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Neely, Barbara. Blanche on the Lam. New York: Penguin Books, 1992.
- ^ Bertens, Hans, D'haen, Theo. (2001). "Introduction". Contemporary American Crime Fiction. Palgrave.
- ^ "Barbara Neely." (2003).Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale. Literature Resource Center.
- ^ Washington, Elsie. (1992). "Book marks". Essence. 22 (12), 54. ISSN 00140880 Parameter error in {{issn}}: Invalid ISSN.
Further reading[edit]
- Bailey, Frankie Y. (1999). "Blanche on the Lam, Or The Invisible Woman Speaks" In Kathleen Gregory Klein (Ed.), Diversity and Detective Fiction (pp. 186-204). Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press. ISBN 0-87972-795-0.
- Champlin, Charles. (1992, March 8). Los Angeles Times Book Review, 8.
- Collette, Ann. (2000). "Damn, She Done It". Ms. Magazine.
- Harris, Trudier. (1992). "Neely, Barbara. Blanche on the Lam." Obsidian II 7.1-2, 143.
- Hathaway, Rosemary V. (2005). "The Signifyin(g) Detective: BarbaraNeely's Blanche White, Undercover in Plain Sight". Critique. 46 (4), 320-332. ISSN 00111619 Parameter error in {{issn}}: Invalid ISSN.
- Kirkus Reviews. (1991, December 15), 1560-1561.
- Mickle, Mildred. (2007). "A cleansing construction: Blanche White as domestic heroine in Barbara Neely's Blanche on the Lam." Obsidian: Literature in the African Diaspora. 8 (1), 73.
- Publishers Weekly. (1992, January 20), 50.
- Wesson, Mimi. (1995). "Blanche on the Lam". The Women's Review of Books. 12 (4), 22.